Antipous

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    singular of antipodes; synonym of antipode. form-of, rare, singular

    "Far and wide is the difference between hydrencephalus and peripneumony. Peripneumony is a disease not to be mistaken, evident to the feelings, palpable to the senses, destitute of all uncertainty:—Hydrencephalus is the antipous to these, is surrounded with mystery, and its very existence never undeniably determined but by dissection."

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"Far and wide is the difference between hydrencephalus and peripneumony. Peripneumony is a disease not to be mistaken, evident to the feelings, palpable to the senses, destitute of all uncertainty:—Hydrencephalus is the antipous to these, is surrounded with mystery, and its very existence never undeniably determined but by dissection."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντίπους (antípous).

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